Hat-hook.



Patent d m v I5, 1902.

E. W. HIGGINS.

HAT HOOK. (Application filed 'Aug 17, 1901.)

(No Nlodet.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE WALLAOE'HIGGINS, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

HAT- oe K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 704,827, dated July 15, 1902.

Application filed August 17, 1901. Serial No. 72,370. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE WALLACE HIG- GINS, a citizen of the United Statesjresiding at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Hat-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat-hangers; and the object thereof-is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which may be readily positioned upon a'hat and hung upon a nail or hat-rack and retained thereon, thus obviating the falling or accidental knocking of the hat from its position.-

The invention consists in the novel features of construction which will be fully set forth hereinafter, particularly pointed outinthe claims hereto annexed, and clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in"

which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hanger in operation. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same detached from th hat. 1

My improved hanger is formed from asingle piece of wire or other spring material, one end of which is bent or doubled upon itself toform a loop A of sufficient size to pass over the end of a hook, knot, or other means of, support. The upper end of the loop is contracted-to form a smaller loop B for engaging with the support and preventing its accidental re The top or end of the wire is formed into a hook C, which is wrapped aroundthe moval.

main portion of the wire to give sufiicient rigidity to the loop A to keep it in shape. Below the loop A the intermediate portion of the wire isextended into a straight portion D, upon one side of which is 'formeda circular loop E'and-upon the other side'a'loop E, the loop E being formed from the tip end of hanger as. used with hats, yet it will be apparent that it might be employed to suspend other articles, and I, do not, therefore, limit myself to its use as a hat-hanger.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

-11. A hanger formed from a single piece of wire, one end of which is formed into a closed supporting-loop and the other end is formedinto a clamp having two members, one member being a figure-S-shaped clamping member and the other clamping member being the straight portion of the wire below the supporting-loop, substantially as described.

2. A hanger formed from a single piece of wire, one end of which is formed into a supporting-loop, a straight portion below the loop, and two loops in the remaining portion of' the wire, one upon each side of the straight portion, the portion of wire between said two loops crossing the straight portion at an angle and forming therewith a clamp for holding the article to be supported, substantially as described.

EUGENE WALLACE HIGGINS.

WVitnesses:

R. L. FINCH, S. L. JAYNE. 

